Is freeze-thaw draining your infrastructure budget?

Verified freeze-thaw and ice-adhesion protection for bridge decks and concrete pavement

Freeze-thaw damage remains one of the costliest threats to public concrete infrastructure. When entrapped water within concrete freezes, it expands by roughly nine percent, generating internal pressure that produces scaling, pop-outs and delamination on bridge decks and pavements. Chem-Crete Pavix CCC100, an active penetrating dual-crystalline sealer and Chem-Crete MCE, a multi-crystalline integral admixture, address this problem at its source, using proven crystalline technologies that block pores, line capillaries and repel water to extend service life and reduce long-term maintenance costs.

Both products have been evaluated against stringent ASTM standards by independent laboratories, giving you data-driven confidence for specification and regulatory compliance:

• ASTM C666 (resistance to rapid freezing and thawing): MCE-modified concrete reduced mass loss by over 91% compared to untreated concrete across 300 freeze-thaw cycles, while maintaining a high relative dynamic modulus.

• ASTM C672 (scaling resistance to deicing chemicals): Pavix-treated surfaces achieved a 94% reduction in mass loss after exposure to deicing chemicals over repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

• Independent ice-adhesion shear testing: Research conducted at the University of Texas at Arlington confirms Pavix reduces ice adhesion by up to 90% and MCE by up to 70%, lowering reliance on deicing salts and the associated chloride exposure.

These laboratory results were confirmed under real winter conditions. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, with the Louisiana Transportation Research Center, applied Pavix to bridge decks in Baton Rouge, Shreveport and Lake Charles. During Winter Storm Fern in January 2026, District 04 personnel reported that Pavix-treated decks were snow and ice-free 1.5 to 2 days sooner than untreated decks and required significantly less removal effort, reducing equipment wear. District 04 Administrator David North stated that treated decks gained crews four to five extra hours at the start of the response, adding, "If I have a budget large enough, I want to purchase enough Pavix to treat ALL decks in the District."

These verified results translate into measurable gains in public safety, response efficiency and budget protection. Let's connect to discuss a pilot application or provide specification support for your jurisdiction.

Please visit https://www.iccdistributiongroup.com/contact to request testing documentation or to connect with our team.

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